Bladder-neck inserter



Jan. 16, 1923- P. H. WILLIAMS. BLADDER NECK INSERTER.

FILED MAR-1|, I922- INVEN'TOR ATTORNEY l atented den. 16, ll23a leithiztl'ti PHILLIP H. WILLIAMS, 0}? FRESNO, CALIFORNIA.

BLADDER-NECK INSERTER.

Application filed. March 1}, 1922. Serial No. 54:3,131.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILLIP II. humans, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Fresno, in the county of Fresno and the State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bladder-NeckInserters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a bladder neck inserter. It is commonly knownthat foot balls, basket balls and similar balls contain an air tightbladder within a form made of leather or its equivalent, commonly calledthe ball, that in assembling the bladder with the form it is usual toinsert the bladder within the ball, then inflate the bladder, tie thebladder neck, and then force it between the inflated bladder and theinside wall of the ball form. The object of my invention is theformation of a channel between the inflated bladder and the inside wallof the ball into which the neck of the bladder can be inserted withease, and after the neck is thus inserted the device can readily be withdrawn and the opening in the ball laced.

I accomplish the object set forth by means of the device hereinafterdescribed and illustrated on the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1shows a foot ball with the inserter in use therein. Figure 2 is asectional view of Figure 1 along the line w-:22 in Figure 1. Figure 3 isa perspective view of the device. Figure 4 is a modified form of theinserter.

In said drawing B represents the outside form of the ball having anopening 0 which is covered with a flap F. The bladder within the ball isdesignated as C, and the neck of the bladder as N. The device I haveinvented is lettered I and consists of a main portion 2 curved intransverse section having outward lateral flanges 3 and 8 along theopposite sides, the purpose of the flanges being to prevent cutting thebladder when removing the inserter. H is a hook on one end of theinserter which is useful in rcmoving the inserter from between the ballform and the bladder. In Figure i I have shown a modified form of theinserter, hav ing a slotted portion S cut away for the purpose ofeconomy in its manufacture. In manufacturing the device it can bepressed out of sheet metal, the portion pressed out of slot S forming aportion of the hook H on another inserter. The binding aroundhole O isindicated on the drawing as E and the holes for lacing the openings asL.The channel member I described can be other shapes than curved in transverse section if desired.

In using this device the bladder C is inserted in the ball form B withthe bladder neck emerging from the opening in the ball form and the flapF. The inserter is then. inserted between the inside wall of the ballform and the bladder, adjacent to the neck, and extending in thedirection it is desired to lay the bladder neck. The bladder is theninflated, the neck tied and inserted through the channel formed by theinserter, and the inserter is then withdrawn.

I claim as new and ask for Letters Patent:

A device of the character described consisting of a member curved intransverse section and having outward flanges along the lateral edges,and an upwardly projecting hook at the top of the arch at one endthereof.

PHILLIP H. WVILLIAMS.

